Abstract
(Figure Presented) Magic nanobrush: We report an effective self-assembled spherical polyelectrolyte nanobrush (SPB) composites with peptides and demonstrate its feasibility in detecting protease activity in a homogeneous solution. This assay allows rapid and accurate determination of protease kinetic parameters as well as inhibition constants. The sensitivity can be significantly improved to 1.0 x 10-3 units (1.85-5.55 nm) thrombin. Our results demonstrate that SPBs, as a new class of nanostructures, can provide an excellent platform for enzyme studies and molecular sensing development.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 494-497 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | ChemBioChem |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Mar 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Fluorescence polarization
- Fluorescent probes
- Inhibitors
- Proteases
- Thrombin